USPS loses money in spite of growing customer base

Article Title: Postal Service loses money despite customer growth

Snippet of Article: "...The service isn't losing money on delivery, but adding addresses while losing volume is an issue, she says...."

Source: www.courierpress.com

“discretionary monetary awards” should not be issued while sequestration is in place, unless...

Article Title: OMB clamps down on federal employee awards

Snippet of Article: "...The White House on Thursday ordered limits on the payment of monetary awards and incentives to federal workers..."

Source: www.washingtonpost.com “discretionary monetary awards”

Fort Knox shooting: 'a personal incident and not a random act of violence.'

Article Title: Search on for person who shot, killed 1 outside Fort Knox building

Snippet of Article: "...killed an Army civilian employee in a parking lot outside a Fort Knox building -- in a shooting that they said stemmed from a personal dispute..."

Source: www.cnn.com Fort Knox shooting

Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.): cybersecurity bill won't allow the National Security Agency to spy on American citizens

Article Title: CISPA Author Rogers: NSA Is Not 'Monitoring the Internet'

Snippet of Article: "...Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.), author of the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act cybersecurity bill, said Thursday that the bill's "information sharing" aspect does not seek to share citizens' information with the government...."

Source: www.usnews.com

Furloughs: an unequal playing field

Article Title: Painful Furloughs Divide Federal Workers

Snippet of Article: "... not every government worker will feel the pain equally, according to The Washington Post, and some employees won't feel it at all, depending on how the various departments of government implement the automatic cuts that began on March 1...."

Source: www.newsmax.com

Pentagon has delayed sending furlough notices

Article Title: Pentagon to delay furlough notices by two weeks

Snippet of Article: "...The Pentagon has delayed sending furlough notices to its civilian employees for two weeks while it studies legislation that would give it more flexibility in spending its budget for the rest of the year, according to a memo released Thursday...."

Source: www.usatoday.com furlough notices

Federal and state agencies investigate 'beached' boat

Article Title: State and federal agencies respond to boat beached at Long Beach

Snippet of Article: "...The multiple agency effort is focused on coordinating any actions that might be necessary to protect public health, safety and the environment, and on working with the Consulate-General of Japan in Seattle to find out if the boat came from Japan and to locate its owner...."

Source: kbkw.com

Marine claims he was 'humiliated' by TSA

Article Title: TSA accused of 'humiliating' Marine in wheelchair

Snippet of Article: "...The controversy took hold after witnesses traveling with Cpl. Toran Gaal, an wounded Marine, contacted Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., to say TSA agents forced Gaal to remove his prosthetic legs and try to walk at the checkpoint. ..."

Source: www.usatoday.com

Our elected officials have failed us to help the wealthy

Article Title: Obama formally orders 'deeply destructive' sequestration cuts, blames Congress

Snippet of Article: "...congressional Republicans failed to reach a deal to avert automatic reductions that could dampen economic growth and curb military readiness...."

Source: www.chicagotribune.com

Federal worker furlough pay calculator

Article Title: Furlough pay calculator released for federal workers

Snippet of Article: "...Federal workers now have a convenient way to calculate their loss in pay if planned furloughs of about 800,000 Defense Department civilians take effect...."

Source: www.stripes.com

Federal workers could start facing furloughs

Article Title: Sequester no joke for federal workers; furloughs could start in April

Snippet of Article: "...Federal workers could start facing furloughs as early as April, according to federal agencies..."

Source: www.businessrecord.com Furloughs

Possibility of furloughs closer to becoming reality

Article Title: White House warns of ‘hundreds of thousands’ furloughs

Snippet of Article: "...Federal agencies will begin implementing cuts amounting to 13 percent for defense programs and 9 percent for non-defense programs on March 1, unless Congress acts to prevent them...."

Source: www.washingtonpost.com Federal Employee Furloughs

2014 Federal Employee Pay Raise

Article Title: Obama to propose 1 percent pay hike for federal employees

Snippet of Article: "...President Obama will propose a 1 percent pay raise for federal civilian employees in the administration’s fiscal 2014 budget proposal..."

Source: www.washingtonpost.com 2014 Federal Employee Pay Raise

USPS looking at possibility of more buyout incentives

Article Title: USPS employees to see less overtime, more buyouts under 5-day delivery plan

Snippet of Article: "..."We think by eliminating overtime and by looking at some of the flexibilities we have with the part-time workforce, and potentially working with the unions on some buyouts, we'll easily hit that." ..."

Source: www.federalnewsradio.com buyouts

Government "streamlining" their way out of business

Article Title: OPM plans to shake up charity program raise concerns about reduced donations

Snippet of Article: "...a move to electronic-only donations would seem to put CFC at risk of losing a majority of its donors. The proposal worries executives of some charitable organizations, even as they welcome other sections of the plan...."

Source: washingtonpost.com

Federal offices in DC to open at noon on Monday

Article Title: DC federal offices to open at noon on Monday

Snippet of Article: "...Federal offices in Washington, D.C. will open at 12 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 28, due to inclement weather expected in the region. The Office of Personnel Management is asking federal employees to stay off the roads until 10 a.m. ..."

Source: www.federalnewsradio.com

Federal Employee: Is a furlough in your future?

Article Title: Bracing for furloughs: DoD, others begin detailed sequester planning

Snippet of Article: "...Federal agencies are girding for mass furloughs and other cutbacks as across-the-board budget reductions loom in barely a month. “Hundreds of thousands” of employees face unpaid..."

Source: www.federaltimes.com

Federal Employee questions on budgetary threats

Article Title: 10 questions and answers on budgetary threats to federal employees

Snippet of Article: "...Federal employees are facing a triple threat of their own: from the government hitting its debt ..."

Source: www.washingtonpost.com

2013 Federal Pay Raise Vote Delayed

Article Title: House Vote to Block Federal Workers' Pay Raise Postponed

Snippet of Article: "...The measure, sponsored by Rep. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., would prevent a 0.5 percent pay raise set in April for federal employees, which is estimated to cost about $11 million a year. No new date for floor action on the vote has been set – but it would not occur until next month at the earliest. ..."

Source: www.nationaljournal.com

GOP ramps up rhetoric against federal worker pay ahead of deficit debate

Article Title: Congress readies for next fight over federal pay

Snippet of Article: "...GOP ramps up rhetoric ahead of deficit debate..."

Source: baltimoresun.com

Additional Postal closures announced - speeding up the demise of a once great institution

Article Title: USPS Announces Additional Closings/Consolidations

Snippet of Article: "... An additional eighteen, (18), facilities are now on the chopping block for calendar year 2013. The list of facilities is also attached. It is anticipated that these facilities will be impacted mid-year, (although the Postal Service has not announced an exact time frame yet)...."

Source: www.npmhu.org

Defense prepping for layoffs, furloughs and hiring freezes

Article Title: Military services to freeze hiring, lay off temps, prep for furloughs

Snippet of Article: "...The Defense Department is freezing civilian hiring, laying off temporary workers, considering furloughs for hundreds of thousands of civilian employees, and cutting back on contracts to prepare for the likelihood of severe budget reductions this year...."

Source: www.federaltimes.com

Congress again holds America hostage to protect the wealthy

Article Title: Fiscal issues put federal workers in crosshairs — again

Snippet of Article: "...If Congress doesn’t raise the nation’s debt ceiling, which limits the amount Sam can borrow to pay his bills, Obama made it clear that federal employees will be among those who suffer...."

Source: www.washingtonpost.com

More definitive roadmap to become senior level managers

Article Title: OPM better defines leadership development roadmap

Snippet of Article: "...Federal employees aspiring to become senior level managers now have a more definitive roadmap to follow. The Office of Personnel Management just released the Federal Supervisory Training Framework. ..."

Source: www.federalnewsradio.com